BUZZBLAST! Scheduled from May 15 to 26 this year, the Cannes Films Festival is waiting for the submission of Ekstra/The Bit Player to the in Competition section. It is even willing to receive the incomplete full-length feature. But it is earmarked as an official entry to the Directors Showcase of the 2013 Cinemalaya Film Festival from July 23 to Aug. 4. The Vilma Santos starrer had its first-day shoot on Jan. 25 in front of Jollibee Monumento.

There are a lot of things you can do once you put your mind into it.  Diane Ventura can talk about that first-hand.

After her first short film "TheRapist" became one of the Top 3 Most Popular Films at the recently concluded International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) in New York, director Diane Ventura has revealed her next step: Stop. Look. Listen.

Manila, Philippines – PASSION – Ma. Diane C. Ventura is pretty enough to be in front of the camera, but she’d rather be behind it. Directing is her passion. And Diane prepared for that passion.

Diane Ventura has only just begun building up her resume as director but even so, she already knows that in order to predispose oneself to success, he has to do it right the first time.